Random Rants LXXXVI: OH, FUDDLE-DUDDLE!

[Synobun]

Someone whap me upside the head in a week and force me to pay for tuition and membership dues instead of binge eating and video games.

 

[Gori the Grey]

 

[Timsup2nothin]

We're on twenty minute weeks now? Time flies when you're quarantined I guess.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I was surprised when I check my calendar and see it's already Thursday.

 

[Synobun]

I was surprised when I check my calendar and see it's already Thursday.

There are multiple Thursdays in a month.

Just wait until you hear about how many Fridays there are.

Rant: I played video games for over six hours today. What a feral little thing I am.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

How many

 

[Cutlass]

How many

4. Occasionally 5. From time to time they fall on the 13th of the month.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Someone whap me upside the head in a week and force me to pay for tuition and membership dues instead of binge eating and video games.

WHAP!

I was surprised when I check my calendar and see it's already Thursday.

Oh, groovy. That means next week I will have yet another goaround with the pharmacy delivery driver from hell who thinks it's acceptable to drop my meds on the dirty floor outside the lobby and run. I keep asking the management here to put a table in the lobby for drivers to leave stuff for people, and he says, "But I can't take the table from the laundry room..."

Well, the social room isn't being used these days, genius, and it's full of tables, at least two of which are small enough to fit in the outer lobby with plenty of room to spare.

My only other solutions would be to switch the schedule (on mine, not theirs, so I have at least some idea of when to expect a delivery) or change pharmacies to somewhere that has more professional standards.

The manager did say that she could leave the stuff on the heater like other drivers do... but hello, you don't put medicine on a heater! Especially if it's the kind that has to be kept in the fridge.


The disabled transit department here has decided to only allow grocery and medical trips. Apparently pharmacy is not considered medical. The dispatch person claims that "all pharmacies deliver" (no, they really don't; Walmart doesn't) and apparently she can't understand why anyone would need to go to a pharmacy in person. So on Tuesday I will be speaking to the supervisor to let her know that there are some things that cannot be done via delivery driver.

 

[Takhisis]

Rant: I played video games for over six hours today. What a feral little thing I am.

Hey, it's the same for m- wait, I'm unemployed and will remain so until the quarantine ends at the very least.

 

[Synobun]

why does my roommate flush the toilet three times every time

why does my roommate, only when he is leaving the apartment, close his door and then tug on the doorknob and shake his door back and forth for thirty seconds

why does my roommate use the dish drying mat as a food prep station

why does my roommate use the hand drying towels for cleaning up messes

why does my roommate ask me how much he owes me and then never pay

why does my roommate use a quarter of a hand soap bottle per day

why does my roommate put his food, which explodes, on top of the microwave cover instead of in it

why does my roommate shave himself on the bath mat and then not even shake it out

why does my roommate put normal garbage in the compost

why does my roomma—

 

[Takhisis]

*gapes at screen* I think I don't even do just one of those things. Well, we don't have a compost heap, but the rest apply and… dammit, man.

 

[The_J]

Send in @Hrothbern. He can be your cavalry to make sure she is OK.

Her housemate will have an eye on her, and if necessary I have other male friends there.
Would just be more convenient if I was myself there.

I was surprised when I check my calendar and see it's already Thursday.

The more important part, which I just got to realize: You need to pay attention which days are public holidays now, for your groceries.
Here is on Monday, and wouldn't have noticed, if not someone had sent Easter greetings.


Slightly related: Last time I couldn't get toast, and will need to leave the house today for roughly only that.

 

[H4run]

why does my roommate flush the toilet three times every time

why does my roommate, only when he is leaving the apartment, close his door and then tug on the doorknob and shake his door back and forth for thirty seconds

why does my roommate use the dish drying mat as a food prep station

why does my roommate use the hand drying towels for cleaning up messes

why does my roommate ask me how much he owes me and then never pay

why does my roommate use a quarter of a hand soap bottle per day

why does my roommate put his food, which explodes, on top of the microwave cover instead of in it

why does my roommate shave himself on the bath mat and then not even shake it out

why does my roommate put normal garbage in the compost

why does my roomma—

If you finish that last sentences, this is literally a "10 things I hate about you"

 

[thecrazyscot]

Rant: I'm working on a project for a west-coast client, but my work is continuing to maintain east-coast hours. So I start the day on east-coast hours and end the day on west-coast hours.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Both my phone and radio started screaming at me with the Alert Ready tone just to tell me to stay home. Which I was already doing.

Also the text-to-speech on the radio is next to impossible to understand. And they interrupted "Mr. Brightside."

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Both my phone and radio started screaming at me with the Alert Ready tone just to tell me to stay home. Which I was already doing.

Also the text-to-speech on the radio is next to impossible to understand. And they interrupted "Mr. Brightside."

That's one advantage of having a landline. It doesn't send alerts. It has been bringing me scam calls and shady telemarketers.

At a time like this, I am even more not in the mood for credit card interest scams or duct cleaning. The former is a bot calling so I didn't have a real person on the other end of the phone. The latter got an earful of language that would have rated an inappropriate language infraction if I'd said it here.

If you're going to call me with that, never do it during my soap opera.

 

[Synobun]

I haven't been able to make it to the grocery store for over a week, and all the delivery services here are still unusable. And even when I could make it to the store, I was never able to get everything I needed, either because of the weight or things being out of stock. Someone recommended TaskRabbit so I signed up there, and in theory, someone should be delivering groceries later tonight.

Will report back in the raves or rants thread. I might post in rants even if it does go well because of the cost.

I usually spend between $6 to $9 for delivery. This cost $50, plus $10 in fees. Exorbitant... but availability is wide open, so I guess this is just the cost of getting what I need.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I was trying to look up the name of a specific colour. I made the mistake of typing 'shades of grey' into Google Image Search. I guess I should be glad safe search was on.

 

[Zkribbler]

The latter got an earful of language that would have rated an inappropriate language infraction if I'd said it here.

Have you thought about fake choking sounds, followed by death rattle, phone falling to the floor & silence?

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Have you thought about fake choking sounds, followed by death rattle, phone falling to the floor & silence?

I listen politely long enough to hook them, then I ask if they have just a minute to talk about something else that I'm curious about. Then I ask if their employer provides health insurance. When they want to know why I explain that I'm developing this device that can send a deafening shriek of feedback down a phone line and it matters because I'm really trying to hurt their employer more than them since I know they are just doing their job.

I actually think the device is doable, and not even all that complicated. It just requires a way to cancel the echo so it doesn't come back to my own earpiece.